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I honestly don't think Bron is doing any dirt. My post wasn't to say that everybody in the league was doing something, but rather to point out to him that just because someone is married with a kid in the league doesn't automatically make them uninterested in the extra curriculars of being a professional athlete.
Having said that, if he was doing something, I'd say dangling the carrot of potentially being the first NBA player since Jordan to reach a billion is hella incentive for his wife to stay quiet if there's any issues that have arisen. Then on the flip side is even more incentive for a side chick with nothing to sign some papers and keep her mouth shut and watch that bank account grow up.
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Re: 2017 Offseason Thread
NBA teams aren’t allowed to begin negotiating with free-agent players until 9 p.m. PDT on Friday.
So how was it that Chris Paul informed the Clippers on Tuesday, three days before that window was to open, that he wanted to join the Houston Rockets?
The question was posed to several team executives around the league, who all spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the topic.
“I don’t want to use the ‘T’ word — tampering — but we all don’t play by the rules when it comes to making deals,” one Eastern Conference executive said. “Besides, nobody is going to rat anybody out. That’s how this league works.”
Less than 24 hours after informing Clippers officials of his wishes, Paul was traded to the Rockets on Wednesday in exchange for seven players and a 2018 first-round draft pick.
Before the deal happened, he opted back in — earlier he had opted out — to his $24-million contract for next season, which saved the Rockets time and money.
Beyond the typical “how it leaves the Clippers/what it does for the Rockets” discourse, the move prompted an additional response in some of the league’s front offices. In summary, something along the lines of: “Hmmm. That was fast.”
“Every team is looking for an advantage,” one executive said. “The deal got done way too fast for somebody not to be talking already. That happened real quick. But hey, that’s how it goes in this league.”
An NBA official said the Clippers had not complained to the league, but several team executives wondered whether the Rockets had a head start in negotiations.
According to one NBA executive, James Harden, the Rockets’ all-star guard, had been recruiting Paul throughout the season. An executive from another team said Harden had already told a fellow NBA player that Paul’s going to Houston was a done deal.
Teams aren’t supposed to have conversations with another team’s player until the free-agency period starts, but it happens all the time through back channels — players talking to other players, or an agent spreading the word, neither of which is against the rules — according to the front-office officials throughout the league.
During the 2015-16 season, several people in the league said that Golden State Warriors players doggedly recruited Kevin Durant, even while he played for the rival Oklahoma City Thunder.
After that season was over, Durant become an unrestricted free agent and joined the Warriors, with whom he won the NBA championship this season.
“Everybody uses agents to do their dirty work or they have a star player talk to another player on another team,” one team executive said. “Then it doesn’t affect the [general manager].”
One player agent said that it made sense for NBA executives to talk about acquiring players before the free-agent market opens.
“Otherwise, if they don’t, they can wait too late and lose out on a player,” the agent said. “It’s called job preservation for a front-office executive.”#RespectTheCultureComment
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Re: 2017 Offseason Thread
Theyve been trying to trade him anyway but I'm sure these guys knew at least the main pieces.
Well Lou Will said it himself so hey, no reason to believe any other reason.
We see players on social media trying it too on the sly
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Re: 2017 Offseason Thread
I rocks with Lou Will
"So crazy to me that all these nerds cover all sports. Not one athletic bone in their body with all the opinions and analysis."
Get em Lou
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Re: 2017 Offseason Thread
Lol, what a nub. Shout out the nerds paying your salary, Lou.Originally posted by G PericoComment
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Re: 2017 Offseason Thread
He's gonna leave now just because you mistook him for someone who plays DoTA and League players hate that.
I was reading on Reddit that Zach Lowe was saying that NBA teams are legit worried that Ibaka may be older than he says. It's wild to imagine that maybe he is exactly that age, just can't prove it, and now could lose out because of it. Unfortunate situation for him.Originally posted by G PericoComment
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Re: 2017 Offseason Thread
Lou Will doesn't get paid to write or slander about how good or bad actor techniques are.
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He plays both lol
No. But you don't have to to know they have different personalities. If this was Chandler Parsons (if he were actually good lol) we were talking about, then yeah, I'd say there could be a comparison between him and Melo in this situation. But everything I've heard about and seen from Hayward in his Jazz career is that he's a quiet guy who just likes to spend time with family and play video games and tennis in his free time.
I could be wrong though.
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Pacers are reportedly asking the Celtics for the 2018 Nets' 1st round pick, 2018 Lakers' 1st round pick and starters for Paul George.Comment
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